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Doug Yurch=
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And I will raise up for them a =
plant
of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land. – Ezekiel 34/29
Where did the word 'marijuana' come from? In t=
he mid
1930s, the M-word was created to tarnish the good image and phenomenal
history of the hemp plant...as you will read. =
The
facts cited here, with references, are generally verifiable in the Encyclopaedia Britannica which was printed on hemp =
paper
for 150 years:
* All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s; Hemp
Paper Reconsidered, Jack Frazier, 1974.
* It was LEGAL TO PAY TAXES WITH HEMP in America from 1631 until the early
1800s; LA Times, Aug. 12, 1981.
* REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS
AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virgin=
ia for
refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M.=
Herdon.
* George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers GREW HEM=
P;
Washington and Jefferson Diaries. Jefferson sm=
uggled
hemp seeds from China to France then to America.
* Benjamin Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America and it
processed hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was foug=
ht
over hemp. Napoleon wanted to cut off Moscow's
export to England; Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack He=
rer.
* For thousands of years, 90% of all ships' sails and rope were made from
hemp. The word 'canvas' is Dutch for hemp; Web=
ster's
New World Dictionary.
* 80% of all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. =
were
made from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin.
* The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross's flag, the first drafts of =
the
Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp; U.S.
Government Archives.
* The first crop grown in many states was hemp. 1850
was a peak year for Kentucky producing 40,000 tons. <=
/span>Hemp
was the largest cash crop until the 20th Century; State Archives.
* Oldest known records of hemp farming go back 5000 years in China, altho=
ugh
hemp industrialization probably goes back to ancient Egypt.
* Rembrandts, Gainsborough’s, Van Gogh’s as well as most early
canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen.
* In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would
come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down. Government
studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. Plans were in the works to implement such programs;
Department of Agriculture
* Quality paints and varnishes were made from hemp seed oil until 1937. 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were used in America for=
paint
products in 1935; Sherman Williams Paint Co. testimony before Congress
against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.
* Henry Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR
ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large
estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. =
The
car, 'grown from the soil,' had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength=
was
10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941.
* Hemp called 'Billion Dollar Crop.' It was the
first time a cash crop had a business potential to exceed a billion dolla=
rs;
Popular Mechanics, Feb., 1938.
* Mechanical Engineering Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article entitl=
ed
'The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be G=
rown.'
It stated that if hemp was cultivated using 20th Century technolog=
y,
it would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the rest=
of
the world.
The following information comes directly from the United States Departmen=
t of
Agriculture's 1942 14-minute film encouraging and instructing 'patriotic =
American
farmers' to grow 350,000 acres of hemp each year for the war effort:
'...(When) Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service =
of
mankind. For thousands of years, even then, th=
is
plant had been grown for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the =
East. For centuries prior to about 1850, all the ships t=
hat
sailed the western seas were rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the hangman, hemp was
indispensable...
...Now with Philippine and East Indian sources of hemp in the hands of the
Japanese...American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as well=
as
of our industries...
...the Navy's rapidly dwindling reserves. When=
that
is gone, American hemp will go on duty again; hemp for mooring ships; hemp
for tow lines; hemp for tackle and gear; hemp for countless naval uses bo=
th
on ship and shore. Just as in the days when Old
Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen s=
ails. Hemp for victory!'
Certified proof from the Library of Congress; found by the research of Ja=
ck Herer, refuting claims of other government agencies=
that
the 1942 USDA film 'Hemp for Victory' did not exist. =
Hemp cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The USDA Bulletin #404 concluded that hemp produce=
s 4
times as much pulp as wood with at least 4 to 7 times less pollution.
From Popular Mechanics, Feb. 1938:
'It has a short growing season...It can be grown in any state...The long
roots penetrate and break the soil to leave it in perfect condition for t=
he
next year's crop. The dense shock of leaves, 8=
to 12
feet above the ground, chokes out weeds.
...hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American agriculture and
industry.'
In the 1930s, innovations in farm machinery would have caused an industri=
al
revolution when applied to hemp. This single
resource could have created millions of new jobs generating thousands of
quality products. Hemp, if not made illegal, w=
ould
have brought America out of the Great Depression.
William Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the Hearst Paper Manufacturing
Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst's grandfather, a destroyer of nature =
for
his own personal profit, stood to lose billions because of hemp.
In 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make
plastics from oil and coal. Dupont's
Annual Report urged stockholders to invest in its new petrochemical divis=
ion. Synthetics such as plastics, cellophane, celluloid,
methanol, nylon, rayon, Dacron, etc., could now be made from oil. Natural hemp industrialization would have ruined o=
ver
80% of Dupont's business. <=
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THE TRICKS
Andrew Mellon became Hoover's Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont's primary investor. He
appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Ansling=
er,
to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
Secret meetings were held by these financial tycoons.=
Hemp
was declared dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises. For their dynasties to remain intact, hemp had to =
go. These men took an obscure Mexican slang word:
'marihuana' and pushed it into the consciousness of America.
MEDIA MANIPULATION
A media blitz of 'yellow journalism' raged in the late 1920s and 1930s. Hearst's newspapers ran stories emphasizing the ho=
rrors
of marihuana. The menace of marihuana made hea=
dlines. Readers learned that it was responsible for everyt=
hing
from car accidents to loose morality.
Films like 'Reefer Madness' (1936), 'Marihuana: Assassin of Youth' (1935)=
and
'Marihuana: The Devil's Weed' (1936) were propaganda designed by these
industrialists to create an enemy. Their purpo=
se was
to gain public support so that anti-marihuana laws could be passed.
Examine the following quotes from 'The Burning Question' aka
REEFER
MADNESS:
*a violent narcotic.
*acts of shocking violence.
*incurable insanity.
*soul-destroying effects.
*under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an axe<=
span
class=3DGramE>.
*more vicious, more deadly even than these soul-destroying drugs (heroin,
cocaine) is the menace of marihuana!
Reefer Madness did not end with the usual 'the end.' =
The
film concluded with these words plastered on the screen: TELL YOUR CHILDR=
EN.
In the 1930s, people were very naive; even to the point of ignorance. The masses were like sheep waiting to be led by th=
e few
in power. They did not challenge authority. If the news was in print or on the radio, they bel=
ieved
it had to be true. They told their children and
their children grew up to be the parents of the baby-boomers.
On April 14, 1937, the Prohibitive Marihuana Tax Law or the bill that
outlawed hemp was directly brought to the House Ways and Means Committee<=
span
class=3DGramE>. This committee is the only one that can introduce =
a bill
to the House floor without it being debated by other committees. The Chairman of the Ways and Means, Robert Doughton, was a Dupont
supporter. He insured that the bill would pass
Congress.
Dr. James Woodward, a physician and attorney, testified too late on behal=
f of
the American Medical Association. He told the
committee that the reason the AMA had not denounced the Marihuana Tax Law
sooner was that the Association had just discovered that marihuana was/is
hemp.
Few people, at the time, realized that the deadly menace they had been
reading about on Hearst's front pages was in fact passive hemp. The AMA understood hemp to be a MEDICINE found in
numerous healing products sold over the last hundred years.
In September of 1937, hemp became illegal. The=
most
useful crop known became a drug and our planet has been suffering ever si=
nce.
Congress banned hemp because it was said to be the most violence-causing =
drug
known. Anslinger, =
head of
the Drug Commission for 31 years, promoted the idea that marihuana made u=
sers
act extremely violent. In the 1950s, under the
Communist threat of McCarthyism, Anslinger no=
w said
the exact opposite. Marijuana will pacify you =
so
much that soldiers would not want to fight.
Today, our planet is in desperate trouble. Ear=
th is
suffocating as large tracts of rain forests disappear=
. Pollution,
poisons and chemicals are killing people. These
great problems could be reversed if we industrialized hemp.
Natural biomass could provide all of the planet's energy needs that
are currently supplied by fossil fuels. We have
consumed 80% of our oil and gas reserves. We n=
eed a
renewable resource. Hemp could be the solution=
to
soaring gas prices.
THE WONDER PLANT
Hemp has a higher quality fiber than wood fiber. Far
fewer caustic chemicals are required to make paper from hemp than from tr=
ees. Hemp paper does not turn yellow and is very durabl=
e. The plant grows quickly to maturity in a season wh=
ere
trees take a lifetime.
ALL PLASTIC PRODUCTS SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP SEED OIL. Hempen
plastics are biodegradable! Over time, they wo=
uld
break down and not harm the environment. Oil-b=
ased
plastics, the ones we are very familiar with, help ruin nature; they do n=
ot
break down and will do great harm in the future. The
process to produce the vast array of natural (hempen) plastics will not r=
uin
the rivers as Dupont and other petrochemical
companies have done. Ecology does not fit in w=
ith
the plans of the Oil Industry and the political machine. Hemp
products are safe and natural.
MEDICINES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. We should =
go
back to the days when the AMA supported hemp cures. <=
/span>'Medical
Marijuana' is given out legally to only a handful of people while the res=
t of
us are forced into a system that relies on chemicals.=
Hemp
is only healthy for the human body.
WORLD HUNGER COULD END. A large variety of food
products can be generated from hemp. The seeds
contain one of the highest sources of protein in nature. ALSO:
They have two essential fatty acids that clean your body of cholesterol. These essential fatty acids are not found anywhere=
else
in nature! Consuming hemp seeds is the best th=
ing
you could do for your body. Eat uncooked hemp =
seeds.
CLOTHES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. Hemp clothin=
g is
extremely strong and durable over time. You co=
uld
hand clothing, made from hemp, down to your grandchildren. Today,
there are American companies that make hemp clothing; usually 50% hemp. Hemp fabrics should be everywhere. Instead,
they are almost underground. Superior hemp pro=
ducts
are not allowed to advertise on fascist television. <=
/span>Kentucky,
once the top hemp producing state, made it ILLEGAL TO WEAR hemp clothing<=
span
class=3DGramE>! Can you imagine being thrown into jail for wearing
quality jeans?
The world is crazy...but that does not mean you have to join the insanity=
. Get together. Spread th=
e news. Tell people, and that includes your children, the =
truth. Use hemp products. Elim=
inate
the word 'marijuana.' Realize the history that
created it. Make it politically incorrect to s=
ay or
print the M-word. Fight against the propaganda
(designed to favor the agenda of the super rich) and the bullshit. Hemp must be utilized in the future. We
need a clean energy source to save our planet. INDUSTRIALIZE
HEMP!
The liquor, tobacco and oil companies fund more than a million dollars a =
day
to Partnership for a Drug-Free America and other similar agencies. We have all seen their commercials. Now,
their motto is: 'It's more dangerous than we thought.=
' Lies
from the powerful corporations, that began with Hearst, are still alive a=
nd
well today.
The brainwashing continues. Now, the commercia=
ls
say: If you buy a joint, you contribute to murders and gang wars. The latest anti-hemp commercials say: If you buy a
joint...you are promoting TERRORISM! The new e=
nemy
(terrorism) has paved the road to brainwash you any way THEY see fit.
There is only one enemy; the friendly people you pay your taxes to; the
war-makers and nature destroyers. With your fu=
nding,
they are killing the world right in front of your eyes. HALF
A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY TOBACCO. HALF
A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL.
Ingesting THC, hemp's active agent, has a positive effect; relieving asth=
ma
and glaucoma. A joint tends to alleviate the n=
ausea
caused by chemotherapy. You are able to eat on=
hemp. This is a healthy state of being.
The hemp plant is an ALIEN plant. There is phy=
sical
evidence that hemp is not like any other plant on this planet. One could conclude that it was brought here for the
benefit of humanity. Hemp is the ONLY plant wh=
ere
the males appear one way and the females appear very different, physicall=
y! No one ever speaks of males and females in regard =
to the
plant kingdom because plants do not show their sexes; except for hemp. To determine what sex a certain, normal, Earthly p=
lant
is: You have to look internally, at its DNA. A=
male
blade of grass (physically) looks exactly like a female blade of grass. The hemp plant has an intense sexuality. <=
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HEMP IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE BILLION=
AIRES
WANT TO REMAIN BILLIONAIRES!
Last updated 06/11/2005
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